Improvement in water and vapor bath and couch



J. W. BUELL. Water and Vapor Bath and Couch.

No. 197,327. Patented Nov. 20,1877.

WW INVENTOR 22% rr7' 7 I l '3 C I O ATTORNEYS,

mPEl'ERs, PHOTO-LITHOGMPHEE WASHINGTON, u c.

UNITE STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JUDsoN w. BUELL, on UNION CITY, MICHIGAN.

IMPROV EMENT IN WATER AND VAPOR BATH AND COUCH.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,327, dated November20, 1877 application filed October 13, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J UnsoN W. BUELL, ofUnion City, in the county of Branch and State of Michigan, have inventeda new and valuable Improvement inWater and Vapor Bath and Couch; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my water and vaporbath and couch with the top removed. Fig. 2 is a transverse verticalsectional view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional View. Fig. 4is a bottom view of the couch.- Fig. 5 is a plan view with couchremoved. Fig. 6 is a side View, and Fig. 7 perspective view, of thesame.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a combined couch or lounge and water and vapor bath, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

The annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fully illustrates myinvention.

A represents the base or frame of the lounge, supported upon suitablefeet or legs, and constructed, in any suitable manner, to contain withinit abath-tub, B. This bath-tub is made in the ordinary form, and linedwith zinc or other suitable material.

C is the seat-frame of the lounge, to which the head-piece D and back Eare attached in any of the known and usual ways.

At the footend, on the under side of the seat-frame O, is securelyfastened a hook, at, which enters a slot, b, made for that purpose inthe foot end of the bath-tub. A similar hook, at, fastened near thefront, at the head, on the under side of the seat-frame, enters a loopor staple, b,fastened to the base-frame A.

These devices, together with one ormore ordinary hooks, d, fasten theseat with the head and back to the base, thus completing the lounge, andat the same time completely covering and concealing the bath-tub.

The seat is readily unfastened and removed when the bathtub is to beused.

On top of the base-frame A, along the front edge, are fastened twocovers, G and G which are to be used when a vapor-bath is to be taken.These covers are pressed down into the bath-tub when the seat is put on,and when an ordinary water-bath is to be taken, the covers are spreadout on the floor in front of the lounge, to protect the carpet from thewater.

When a vapor-bath is to be taken, the first cover, G, is stretchedacross the top of the bath-tub, and fastened or hooked upon a series ofbuttons, e e, fastened on the back along-the top edge of the seat-frameA. The second cover, G, is then stretched over a series of spring-bows,I I, and fastened on the same buttons 6.

The bows I are made of flat springs, and passed down at the back betweenthe tub proper and its lining, so as to=be out of the way when not inuse. The upper end of each bow forms a hook, i, as shown. When thesebows are to be used as described, they are drawn up for a suitabledistance, and bent over forward Imtil the hooks i can be sprung intoslots 00, made at the top in the front of the bath-tub, and thus form aproper support for the second cover, G.

The water in the tub B is emptied out by means of an inclined pump, H,leading from the bottom of the tub at the head out-through the end ofthe base-frame A, near the top. This pump may be constructed. inanysuitable manner, and has a downwardly-projecting spout or outlet, h, asshown.

I do not claim, broadly, the combination of a bath-tub with a sofa, as Iam aware such is not new.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the base-frame A, with bath-tub B within thesame, of the removable seat-fiame O, with head D and back E,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A loimge provided with a bath-tub and a pump, arranged substantiallyas described, and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination of the lounge base-frame A,v bath-tub B, covers G G,and" spring hoops In testimony that I claim the above I have 01' bows Isubstantially as and for the purhereunto subscribed my nameinthepfesence poses set forth. of two witnesses.

4. The spring-bows I, provided with hooks J UDSON W. BUELL. 7:, incombination with the bath-tub 1B and its I Witnesses: lining, and theslots :0 therein, substantially as HIRAM SACKETT, and. for the purposesset forth. J AMES 0. BUSHONG.

